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Mysterious Stranger - David Blaine

Mysterious Stranger - David Blaine

Partly a history of magic and partly an autobiography, this book hid a treasure hunt among its pages written by the game designer Cliff Johnson, the creator of The Fool's Errand. Institute Copy.

Published: 2002
Solved: 2004

Pages: 214
ISBN: 978-0375505737
Publisher: Villard Books

This book looks at how David Blaine grew up, who his inspirations were and how he prepared for some of his most outrageous stunts.

More importantly, scattered throughout the book were secret little symbols, clues and codes, that once understood and deciphered would lead to the discovery of a Golden Orb hidden somewhere in the US.

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